River of the Month

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Cowlitz River

August | 2020
A mighty arm of the lower Columbia River, the Cowlitz proper begins on the glaciers of Mount Rainier and then gathers wild tributaries from both Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens before it enters the fertile “Big Bottom Valley” near Randle, Washington.
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Deer Creek

July | 2020
​One of the healthiest salmon streams of the Sierras, Deer Creek flows cold and clear for 70 miles from the northern Sierra Nevada foothills to the Sacramento River, south of the city of Red Bluff.
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Hoh River

June | 2020
One of the nation’s great salmon streams, the Hoh River runs for 56 miles from the glaciers of Mt. Olympus, through the towering Hoh River Rainforest, to the wild Pacific Coast.
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Middle Fork Salmon River

May | 2020
The crown jewel of wild and scenic rivers, the Middle Fork Salmon River drains 2,830 square miles of spectacular mountain wilderness in central Idaho.
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North Santiam River

April | 2020
A stronghold for native fish in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, the North Santiam River flows from Mount Jefferson, in the Cascades, to the main Santiam, a tributary to the Willamette River.
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Queets River

March | 2020
A remote gem on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the mainstem Queets is one of the best protected rivers in the country.
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